Optimal Coronary Interventions in Small Vessels

Stent implantation in small coronary vessels.

Coronary microvasculature: small vessels with large impact.

Interventional Cardiology Sirolimus-eluting coronary stents in small vessels

Sirolimus-eluting coronary stents in small vessels Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC, Eduardo Sousa, MD, Giulio Guagliumi, MD, Frank Van den Branden, MD, Ehud Grenadier, MD, Stephan Windecker, MD, Hans te Riele, MD, Vasilis Voudris, MD, Hélène Eltchaninoff, MD, Bo Lindvall, MD, David Snead, PhD, and Aly Talen, RN, for the SVELTE Study Group Bern, Switzerland; Sao Paolo, Brazil; Bergamo, Italy; Ant...

Relationship between coronary risk factors and the number of involved vessels in coronary angiography

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and cigarette smoking are major coronary artery disease risk factors. This study was performed to detect the correlation between major coronary risk factors and the number of diseased vessels in coronary angiography. Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 196 patients with coronary artery disease who underwent coronary ang...

Stenting for small coronary vessels: a contestable winner.

Stents were initially used to manage or prevent acute vessel closure after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The first direct randomized comparison with respect to restenosis showed the superiority of stenting to PTCA for de novo lesions situated in native vessels 3 mm or larger (1,2). In these trials, stenting was associated with a 25% to 30% reduction of restenosis as com...